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The Chowan Herald
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Justly Proud
“Ye Towne on Queen Anne’s Creek.” the
promotional film on Edenton and Chowan
County, had its premiere showing Friday in
the Taylor Theatre and putting it mildly it
was splendid and actually far exceeded all
the fondest expectations of those who had
anything to do with its production.
The subject matter was very interesting and
the photography could not have been improv
ed upon, so that to a person the film was
very enthusiastically received. Comment af
ter comment was high in praise of the film
and the general opinion is that it will make
a favorable impression on all who see it. And
in this connection Jack McGowan, who made
the movie, says the film will be seen over
227 television stations the first year.
The film was sponsored by the Edenton
Tea Party Chapter of the DAR and the
James Iredell Association following the sug
gestion and urging on the part of Grayson
Harding that such a film would be a great
asset in advertising this section and his firm
belief that if consummated. i‘ would eventual
ly have beneficial effects cn the economic
situation, especially in way of increasing the
tourist business.
The film is a great credit to those who had
anything to do with it and that it will prove
beneficial is without doubt. Congratulations
are in order for those responsible for its pro
duction, for everybody is justly proud of the
film.
They Should Be Appreciated
It is altogether fitting that Edenton is this
week observing Industry Appreciation Week
and while all kinds of in.las'ry should and is
appreciated, special recogn.-i n is given to the
oldest and newest industry, the Edenton Cot
ton Mills and Seabrook blanching Corpora
tion.
Edenton Cotton Mills has made an appreci
able contribution to the economy of this sec
tion for many years, having begun opera
tions in 1399. It was oiganized with local
capitai by a small group of progressive and
foresighted citizens, and throughout the years
gradual and substantial progress has been
made. Tlv ugh there have been some lean
years the company has continuously provided
employment for a large number of people,
without which the economy of Edenton would
have greatly suffered. To its credit, the most
fripndly relations have existed between em
ployees and managemenf.' so that this largesF
of Edenton’s industries is operated on some
what of a happy family basis. The Edenton
Cotton Mills are a distinct credit to Edenton
and its contribution to the economy 7 and wel
fare of Edenton and Chowan County is all
too often dropped into oblivion.
Edenton’s newest industry is the Seabrook
Blanching Corporation and though just in its
infancy in local operation its influence is al
ready having a beneficial effect in the eco
nomic structure of the community. It took a
great deal of time, effort and hard and tedi
ous work to induce officials to locate their
plant in Edenton and happily both Seabrook
officials and Edenton citizens in general are
delighted and well satisfied in locating here.
The handsome Seabrook plant is the first to
locate on the industrial site owned by the
Edenton Development Corporation and to say
the least it is a distinct credit to the com
munity. The plant processes peanuts for con
cerns scattered all over the world and as
time goes on there is reason to expect expan
sion, so that the concern will be an even
greater asset. The plant is equipped with
the most modern electronic equipment which
provides the best performance of patented
processes.
That the public may become better ac
quainted with Edenton’s oldest and newest in
dustries, ' guided tours through both plants
have been arranged today (Thursday). The
tours at the cotton mill will be at 2, 3 and 4
o’clock this afternoon. The official opening
and ribbon-cutting will take place at the Sea
brook plant this (Thursday) morning at 11
o’clock, after which open house will be ob
served and visitors guided throughout the
plant. It is hoped that many people will take
Advantage of the tours through both plants
and thus become better aajinunted with the
industries which make such important con
tributions to economy of Edenton and
Chowan County. •
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There are two big events scheduled in
Edenton today (Thursday) and Friday. This
afternoon will be the day for the kiddies when
Santa Claus arrives in town and the Christ
mas parade and party will be held beginning
at 4 o’clock. The affair will no doubt at
tract thousands of the youngsters of this sec
tion and among the crowd will also be a large
number of adults. The parade should be es
pecially outstanding this year with two crack
service bands being in line of march. These
will be the Marine Corps Band from Cherry
Point and the Langley Field Air Force Base
band. This in itself will be well worth turn
ing out to see and hear, for they’ll surely
play inspiring music and will add considera
bly in ushering in the Christmas season. Fact
is that when the Marines played in Edenton
a few years ago the music was so good that
it made chills run up and down my spine.
The other big affair will be the State 2-A
championship football game to be played with
Hanes High Schpol of Winston-Salem on
Hicks Field Friday night at 8 o’clock. If the
weather man cooperates, this should attract
a very large crowd also. Both teams enter
the game with enviable records and it should
be a very interesting and thrilling game. So
that local people need not lose a lot of time
standing in line, tickets for the game are be
ing sold in advance at Mitchener’s Pharmacy
and Hollowell’s Drug Store. If you don’t
want to stand in line a long time and take a
chance on missing part of the game, better
drop around at one of the drug stores so that
you’ll have your ticket when you go to the
game. Here’s hoping the Aces have no trou
ble in turning back the Western Champs.
And speaking about tne Aces,. Thell Over
man, coach of the Wallace-Rose Hill Bull
dogs, who the Aces defeated last week for the
Eastern Championship, says: “The Aces is
the best high school football team I have
ever seen and they could beat any team in
any classification. They are highly favored
to take the state honors and shouldn’t have
any trouble doing it.” This comes from one
of the best high school coaches in North Caro
lina and to his credit, here’s one who believes
the Bulldogs was the strongest team the Aces
have played this year, despite the fact that
the Aces won two games 30 to 6 and 32 to 0.
Gashouse Parker tried to cheat the other
morning. While passing at the dock Gas
house called me to look at a 16)4 pound rock
fish. “I caught him trolling this morning,”
said Gashouse. But I couldn’t find any signs
of a hook mark, so that Gas finally admitted
the fish was caught in his net. However, any
fisherman would have had a wonderful time
to be on one end of a line and the rockfish
on the other.
And speaking about fishing, I caught a nice
string Saturday afternoon. Upon reaching
home and counting them, I found there Were
13 fish on the stringer. Gosh, had I known
that, I expect I’d have fished a longer
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it was more lucky than many another fishing
trip I’ve made.
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Troy Toppin gets around quite a bit, but
evidently he’s not so well acquainted in the
Ryland section. Troy had a lot to do with
the Ruritan Ladies’ Night meeting Monday
night at the Chowan Community Building
because he’s program chairman. Just about
as good barbecue chicken as I’ve ever eaten
was served by members of the Ryland Home
Demonstration Club and it was while the la
dies were serving the plates that Troy had
this to sav: “I thought we had the most
attractive 'vai'res«es in this neck of the woods,
but these RvUnd ladies are just as attractive.
I know hnrllv any one of them.” To be
fair, howe er. I understand that Lester Cope
land and "o’i Asbell barbecued the chickens,
but some ' here along the line the ladies must
have had somfhing to do with it. Anyway,
it was a splendid meal and a very good pro
gram.
The world is full of surprises. Wednesday
morning I received a letter from Tom Parker
of the Associated Press. The letter had this
to say: “Our records show you were the
first election correspondent to give the Asso
ciated Press a complete count on your county
in the November 8 General Election. As
promised, here is a $lO prize check for your
performance. Heartiest congratulations, and
I hope you will be with us when the next
election rolls around.” Yep, the check was in
the letter —think I’ll buy a yacht.
Although I’m not an expert, here’s one who
believes the Christmas decorations on Broad
Street are just about the best since I’ve been
in Edenton, in the neighborhood of 36 years.
Why even during the day the decorations glis
ten in the sun and tonight (Thursday) the
lights will be turned on for the Christmas
party, so that the beauty will be reflected at
night. Here’s hoping the decorations and the
of^the^most^ delightful
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Lunch Room Menu I
Menus at the Edenton Ele
mentary School hinch room for
the week of December 5-9 will
be as follows:
Monday: Spanish rice with
beef, buttered peas, cocoanut
pudding, com bread, butter,
beets, milk.
Tuesday: Vegetable beef soup,
crackers, peanut butter sand
wiches, block cake, milk.
Wednesday: Meat loaf, black
eye peas, gravy, school baked
rolls, steamed rice, peach pie,
butter, milk.
Thursday: Baked ham, school
baked rolls, turnip greens, ap
ple sauce, mashed potatoes, milk,
butter.
'Friday: Fish sticks, vegetable
salad, potato salad, milk, corn
bread, apricots, butter.
J. J. Miley, Jr. New
March Dimes Director
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
the Salk vaccine.
“The 1961 New March of
Dimes offers opportunity for all
of us to be a part of work aim
ed at prevention of still more
of the great cripplers that af
flict so many millions of Ameri
cans today.
“I am confident that the peo
ple of this county will continue
to fight for better health for
themselves and their children
through the New March of
Dimes, both as volunteer work
ers and through their contri
butions.”
Mr. Miley is a local pharma
cist. He is a graduate of Aber
deen, North Carolina High
School and the University of
North Carolina School of Phar
macy. He is Community Health
Chairman for the Edenton Jun
ior Chamber of Commerce and
■a member of the Chamber of
iMommerce Merchants Committee
■and Methodist Men’s Club. He
is married and has one daugh
ter.
Mr. Miley says, “We have a
vigorous campaign planned for
January which will make it pos
sible for all citizens of Cho
way County to say ‘yes’ to the
New March of Dimes so that our
organization can get on with
the job at hand.”
Annual Christmas
Party-Parade Today
Continued from Page 1, Section 1
Christmas season when a joy
ous atmosphere seems to per
meate the entire community.
The stage is all set for the
affair and arrangements have
been completed for what is an
ticipated to be the best Christ
mas parade and party ever held
in Edenton. The . business sec
tion has been decorated and
presents the most attractive ap
pearance ever seen in Edenton.
The parade will be especially
outstanding in that two crack
visiting bands wijl be in the
'lirfr of “nfaivir tti boost theArbli
day atmosphere. These bands
will be the Marine band from
Cherry Point and the Langley
Air Force Base band. Os course,
the Edenton band will partici
pate and invitations have been
extended to bands from nearby
towns to join in the celebration.
The parade is scheduled to
leave the armory at 4 o’clock
and proceed south on Broad
Street to Water Street, turning
east on Water Street to the
Court House Green, where the
party will be held. There treats
will be distributed to the chil
dren and Santa Claus will lis
ten to the requests of his young
friends.
Chief of Police George I. Dail
reports that 30 minutes before
the parade the following streets
will be blocked off: King Street
at Oakum, Court Street at
Eden, Hotel Alley, King Street
at Court, east side of Broad
Street at King, East Water
Street at Broad, Water Street at
the old Norfolk-Southern freight
station. Chief Dail also says
that after the parade, while traf
fic is congested U-turns will not
be allowed at Broad and Water
Streets. While traffic is congest
ed on Broad Street between
Queen and Water Streets, all
traffic will be turned west on
Water Street
Parking meters will not be
checked after 3 o’clock today
(Thursday).
AUXILIARY TO MEET
The VFW Auxiliary will meet
tonight (Thursday) at 8 o’clock
at the home of Mrs. W. H. Cot
field. This will be a business
meeting and Mrs. Doris Toler,
president requests all members
to attend.
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LIONS MEET MONDAY
Edenton Lions Club wffl meet
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J. Meredith Jones
Promoted By Bank
Continued from Page l Section 1
by the North Carolina Bank.
He will assume the duties as
the new officer-in-charge and
will serve as a member of the
Durham board.
North Carolina National Bank
was formed July 1 with the!
consolidation of Security Na
tional Bank with the American
Commercial Bank of Charlotte
and is the fourth largest com
mercial bank in the Southeastern
states.
Jones went to the North Caro
lina National Bank trom the
Guaranty Trust Company of
New York, where he served, in
the trust investment, trust, cred
it, public utilities and southern
banking divisions.
A native of, Hertford but
reared in Edenton, Mr. Jones is
a graduate of the University of
North Carolina, the Graduate
School of Banking Os the Ameri
can Bankers Association at Rut
gers .University and a member
of the Eighth Group of the
Executive Program at the Uni
versity of North Carolina. He
is married to the former Elvira
Young Cheatham of Henderson
and they have a seven-year-old
son and an infant daughter. He
and his family are members of
the Congregation of St. Stephen’s
Episcopal Church in Hope Val
ley, where they reside.
EASTERN STAR HOST TO
COMMITTEE MEMBERS
Edenton Chapter No. 302, Or
der of the Eastern Star, will
meet Monday night, December 5,
at 8 o’clock. At this meeting
the local chapter will be host to
Grand Chapter committee mem
bers, so that Mrs. Margaret Bell,
worthy matron, urges all mem
bers to attend.
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20 Years Ago
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Adjutant General J. Van B.
Metis sent a request to Mayor
J. H. McMullan asking for use
of the Edenton armory by regu
lar army engineers. The re
quest was granted.
Several army tents were burn
jed on the back porch of the
Scout Cabin when a number of
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boys tried to. tone lighted fire
crackers into the cabin during
a session of the Scouts. |
Edenton Aces wound up the
1940 football season by playing
a 6-6 lie game with New Bern
when th« latter teem was con
sidered a four-touchdown fav r
orite. Noah Goodwin and Tom
Shepard were Ihe Siam of the
game.
Cotton ginning in Chowan
County was more than three
times as much as was ginned
in the County during the aaate
time the previous year. Accord
ing 1<» F. W. Hobbs, special
age*£. for the Bureau of the Cam?
sUs, Department of Commerce,
2,857 bales were ginned prim
to November 14.
W. C. Bunch, superintendent
of the U. S. Fish Hatchery, re-
I ported that 10,000 young shad
| had been released in Pembroke
i Creek.